Virginia legal term
Record in Virginia Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Virginia legislative session
In Virginia criminal law, “Record” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Virginia criminal code.
What does “Record” mean in Virginia criminal law?
"Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. (Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-178.2)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Credit card factoring
- Credit card or gift card fraud
- Identity theft
- Obtaining drugs, procuring administration of controlled substances, etc., by fraud, deceit or forgery
- Prohibition on unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms
- Providing false information or failing to provide registration information
- Application for and issuance of search warrant for a tracking device
- Audiovisual recording of motion pictures unlawful
- Conditions to dispensing device, item, or substance
- Disclosure of expunged records
- False entries or destruction of records by officers
- Falsifying patient records
Related terms in the same statutes
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